''The Power of Darkness'' (German:''Die Macht der Finsternis'') is a 1924
German
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silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Conrad Wiene
Conrad Wiene (3 February 1878 – after May 1934) was an actor, screenwriter, film producer and director of Austrian and German silent films. He was the younger brother of German film director Robert Wiene.
Biography
Conrad Wiene was born ...
and starring
Petr Sharov,
Mariya Germanova and
Maria Kryshanovskaya. It is an adaptation of
Leo Tolstoy
Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...
's play ''
The Power of Darkness
''The Power of Darkness'' (russian: Власть тьмы, Vlast′ t′my) is a five- act drama by Leo Tolstoy. Written in 1886, the play's production was forbidden in Russia until 1902, mainly through the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev. I ...
''.
[Jung & Schatzberg p.213]
It was shot at the
Bavaria Studios
Bavaria Studios are film production studios located in Munich, the capital of the region of Bavaria in Germany, and a subsidiary of Bavaria Film.
History
The studios were constructed in the suburb of Geiselgasteig in 1919 shortly after the Fir ...
in
Munich
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.
Cast
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Petr Sharov
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Mariya Germanova - Anisia
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Maria Kryshanovskaya - Aniuta
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Alexander Wiruboff - Nikita
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Pavel Pavlov - Akim
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Maria Egorowa - Akulina
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Sergej Kommissarov
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Nikolai Massalitinov
Nikolai Osipovich Massalitinov (russian: Николай Осипович Массалитинов, 24 February 1880, Yelets, Oryol Governorate, Russian Empire, — 22 March 1961, Sofia, Bulgaria) was a Russian (later Bulgarian) stage actor, thea ...
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Vera Orlova
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Vera Pawlowa
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George Seroff
References
Bibliography
* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999.
External links
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Films of the Weimar Republic
1924 films
German silent feature films
Films directed by Conrad Wiene
German films based on plays
1924 drama films
German black-and-white films
Bavaria Film films
Films shot at Bavaria Studios
Silent German drama films
1920s German films
1920s German-language films
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